Basic economics are at play here, too. Supply and demand and all that. Apparently, college football is continuing to draw people and money, and moreso every year, and it will even continue to do so no matter what we do to the postseason (acc. to playoff advocates who are unmoved by the Senator’s “mission creep” arguments b/c hey, we’re still going to care about all the games b/c people are just crazy for college football and that won’t change no matter what). So, then, the demand is through the roof, which means that the “price” can go up in a way that pleases the “seller.” College football can raise its “price” to its fans by taking care of other things it thinks are important (whether the players, or just $) for itself, and it’s not going to go out of business b/c college football is the coolest toy and everyone wants one. We fans can complain, but we still jones for it and pay for it and go to games and live it and breathe it, even WITH our hysterical complaints about the current system. The economic analysis therefore has to say that we don’t care about the current system THAT much.

This is why a boycott is at least a consistent and intelligent suggestion from the playoff advocates, but also a hopelessly unrealistic one and they know it. They couldn’t even carry it out themselves. B/c even for the most diehard know-nothing playoff advocate, BCS college football is better than NO college football.

That said, public pressure can have an effect over time, and we probably will get some sort of playoffish something eventually.

Yes, we all know that writers who write things that their readers will be angry about are in short supply. You hardly see them anywhere. Geeze Senator. You like what Tony has to say? That’s great. He makes some good points. But stop the grandiose “Tony vs. the world” stuff. If anything, if you follow any of the other AJC sports writers, he’s made his job more secure.

Quote Of The Day

“Being a student at Georgia and playing ball, I’ve definitely grown, widened my horizons and experienced things I never thought I would. I feel like I’ve grown on and off the field, and the university prepared me for that. I’ve done some awesome things and met some awesome people. I’ll definitely be back to finish my schoolwork, because that was a big priority for me and my family and weighed heavily on my decision. I know football won’t last forever. It’ll be great to come back and get that degree, so I can tell my kids about it one day.” — Roquan Smith, AJ-C, 3/7/18